Lynne Rae Perkins Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• Often they do go back and forth the whole way, and I don't know until the very end what the last line of the book is going to be. That was true here - the very last line of the book was the last thing that happened.

  Lynne Rae Perkins

  Book, Lines, Way

  Source: www.hbook.com

• I started thinking about [ what book is going to go next] when I was working on As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth.

  Lynne Rae Perkins

  Book, Fall, Thinking

  Source: www.hbook.com

• I had read [Charles] Dickens's novels were often published serially. I thought it would be fun to write a book, just sitting down and writing a chapter every day, not knowing what would happen next. So that's how I wrote the first draft. And then of course I had to go back and make sure everything worked and change things.

  Lynne Rae Perkins

  Fun, Book, Writing

  Source: www.hbook.com

• One of my favorite moments in that book [As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth] was when something happened that I had no idea was going to happen.

  Lynne Rae Perkins

  Book, Fall, Ideas

  Source: www.hbook.com

• I made a drawing for a book I'm working . It's a little drawing of a girl who's ashamed and upset and hides in the corner of the closet. It's the kind of drawing that I feel like I'm really good at.

  Lynne Rae Perkins

  Girl, Book, Drawing

  Source: www.hbook.com

• I remember when I was working on All Alone in the Universe, and Robin Roy was my editor. When I first sent it to her, she said kids this age don't want pictures in their books.

  Lynne Rae Perkins

  Book, Kids, Editors

  Source: www.hbook.com

• A long time ago, I had an idea to make a book for preschoolers who had older siblings who were going to school.

  Lynne Rae Perkins

  Sibling, Book, School

  Source: www.hbook.com

• By the time I finished the book [All Alone in the Universe], Robin Roy was saying, "More pictures!"

  Lynne Rae Perkins

  Book, Robins, All Alone

  Source: www.hbook.com

• With most of my books, there are some parts that pop up right away, and other parts I have to wait for.

  Lynne Rae Perkins

  Book, Waiting, Pops

  Source: www.hbook.com

• I don't think about it that much, but sometimes I am surprised by that. I sometimes wonder why I didn't turn out to be the kind of picture-book writer who has stuffed animals that go with their books. That would be okay with me.

  Lynne Rae Perkins

  Book, Animal, Thinking

  Source: www.hbook.com

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